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Last Week’s Top Hitters
Peter Schiller | Aug 11, 2008 | Comments 0
It’s weeks like these that makes baseball so unpredictable. Who would have guessed that Texas Ranger OF Marlon Byrd would have made this list this year? His 10 runs scored and 2 HRs & SBs to go along with a batting average of .531 (OBP .583) put him on top of this week’s list.
At least someone on the Mariners has been hitting, OF Raul Ibanez hit 3 HRs while knocking in a whopping 15 RBIs puts him second on this list.
Before landing on the DL, Houston Astro’s LF Carlos Lee also hit 3 HRs while knocking in 11 RBIs while hitting .522 with an OBP of .621
These numbers aren’t the greatest for a leadoff man (BA of .233 and OBP of .303), but his 9 runs scored fit the bill and it doesn’t hurt to have a week where you hit 4 HRs (but only 6 RBIs) with a stolen base. This is what Tiger’s CF Curtis Granderson did this past week.
This next player is no stranger to this list, Angel’s RF/DH Vladimir Guerrero hit 3HRs while hitting .480 with an OBP of .519
The bottom 5 players on this top 10 list are National’s OF Lastings Milledge (4 HRs/2SBs), Angel’s newly acquired 1B Mark Teixeira (2 HRs), Rockies’ LF Matt Holliday (11 R/2 SB), Dodger’s newly acquired LF Manny Ramirez (3 HR) and the Cardinal’s Albert Pujols (3 HR/1 SB).
| Player | Team | Pos | R | HR | RBI | SB | Avg | OB% | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon Byrd | TEX | OF | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0.531 | 0.583 | 24.114 |
| Raul Ibanez | SEA | OF | 5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0.382 | 0.405 | 23.787 |
| Carlos Lee | HOU | OF | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.522 | 0.621 | 22.143 |
| Curtis Granderson | DET | OF | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.233 | 0.303 | 20.536 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | ANA | OF | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.48 | 0.519 | 19.999 |
| Lastings Milledge | WAS | OF | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0.412 | 0.444 | 19.856 |
| Mark Teixeira | ANA | 1B | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.438 | 19.808 |
| Matt Holliday | COL | OF | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.345 | 0.457 | 19.802 |
| Manny Ramirez | LA | OF | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.448 | 0.515 | 18.963 |
| Albert Pujols | STL | 1B | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.545 | 18.945 |
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